tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post1524808253697258696..comments2020-06-04T21:32:34.347-04:00Comments on The Broke and the Bookish : It Turns Out That I Can Kinda Deal With Romance. Occasionally. Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01772938036847330151noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-15428279100399405772015-10-04T11:39:03.431-04:002015-10-04T11:39:03.431-04:00Well Dracula is THE vampire book. I have read some...Well Dracula is THE vampire book. I have read some historical fiction based on Vlad the Impaler and the COuntess of Bathory, loved both of those.Sarah @ The Country Bookwormhttp://www.thecountrybookworm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-11643227775012632332015-10-03T11:05:52.622-04:002015-10-03T11:05:52.622-04:00Let your website has a home http://www.intelweb.bi...Let your website has a home http://www.intelweb.bizHothothothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00108080303168692010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-33428570442557055482015-10-03T00:02:29.247-04:002015-10-03T00:02:29.247-04:00dat nen du an sakura dong nai<a href="http://datnengiangdien.weebly.com/sakura-valley.html" rel="nofollow">dat nen du an sakura dong nai</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06859554686458068116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-74964411050273064652015-10-02T10:37:32.251-04:002015-10-02T10:37:32.251-04:00haha love this. VC Andrews seems to be an author ...haha love this. VC Andrews seems to be an author that Everyone devours, and yet they get turned off of books for a while too. Marian Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466329631859988317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-82589170639130775642015-10-02T00:23:35.407-04:002015-10-02T00:23:35.407-04:00I feel like I could have written this post! I rea...I feel like I could have written this post! I read romances when I was in high school but I stayed away from them for ages after that. Now, I usually have one going on my phone (and, I probably shouldn&#39;t say this, but most of the time I spend reading romances is in the bathroom)--but I&#39;ll admit that for every one that I finish, I&#39;ll have given up on 10-15 other titles. westmetromommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633405262361035502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-36596997648734477682015-10-01T05:29:10.213-04:002015-10-01T05:29:10.213-04:00I&#39;m with you on this one. I&#39;ve only read t...I&#39;m with you on this one. I&#39;ve only read two vampire books: Dracula and Fledgling. They were scary and they didn&#39;t sparkle. I&#39;m OK with romance as long as it&#39;s just one of the many sub plots. Sometimes it helps to spice up the story. But romance as a genre is something I could never venture in. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03253079930748132479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-61428349868409243372015-09-30T20:27:18.068-04:002015-09-30T20:27:18.068-04:00I love a good romance. A book without a little rom...I love a good romance. A book without a little romance is an odd read for me!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930734163224778588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-40516641601931501722015-09-30T20:19:28.576-04:002015-09-30T20:19:28.576-04:00I agree so much! I hate when the romance takes ov...I agree so much! I hate when the romance takes over the plot and becomes the only plot. Contemporary romance is fine, because at least I go in knowing what I&#39;m getting, but does fantasy need to be only a romantic plot? Does sci-fi? NO. I don&#39;t need a neat-new-guy in every book I read! <br /><br />C.J. <br /><a href="http://www.sarcasmandlemons.com" rel="nofollow">Sarcasm &amp; Lemons</a> C.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03239098373565351135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-87716430432162945602015-09-30T20:12:37.456-04:002015-09-30T20:12:37.456-04:00I agree with you -- when romance takes over a book...I agree with you -- when romance takes over a book that is clearly marked as something else with a touch of romance on the back cover for instance, I am irritated. It&#39;s turned me off books completely and I&#39;ve happily stopped reading them as a result. But, lately I did read a couple of romances where the romance wasn&#39;t overpowering and other parts of their characters&#39; lives were more important than the romance -- even though it was marked as a romance. I liked it. I don&#39;t know if I liked it alot, but I definitely enjoyed it.Verushkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640500646511533020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-51242639352879030372015-09-30T13:49:10.798-04:002015-09-30T13:49:10.798-04:00Interesting post. I also tend to avoid romance. It...Interesting post. I also tend to avoid romance. It’s fine when a book has a romantic subplot, but once the romance becomes the main focus of the book, I stop caring. Romances just don’t interest me.<br /><br />Aj @ <a href="http://ajsterkel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Read All The Things!</a>Aj @ Read All The Things!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02860483414620371093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-23583508063358036312015-09-30T11:19:03.560-04:002015-09-30T11:19:03.560-04:00I&#39;m not sure that I avoid them, but I&#39;m SU...I&#39;m not sure that I avoid them, but I&#39;m SUPER picky about sci fi and high fantasy. I think it&#39;s because so many of the common themes are overdone. So I&#39;m really only interested if the book is really different or the writing quality is exceptional. My husband loves those genres though, so he&#39;s introduced me to some good ones.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084688398202129280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-86099573653560379942015-09-30T10:19:42.880-04:002015-09-30T10:19:42.880-04:00I have a problem with magic. When the day is saved...I have a problem with magic. When the day is saved by some magical ability. All turns out ok because of some magic charm. Ugghhh.... I could write that (and I&#39;m not a writer.) Books with a touch of the paranormal, coupled with some creative thinking and smart characters are OK. but when the magic wand saves the day. Just...no.Annette Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13850197520930988077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-76678013457684492902015-09-30T09:40:41.739-04:002015-09-30T09:40:41.739-04:00While I certainly understand that not every one li...While I certainly understand that not every one likes romance (just as I don&#39;t care much for science fiction and dystopian novels) I&#39;m not sure I quite agree with you that romances follow the same insipid pattern. Maybe it&#39;s different when you&#39;re reading an actual romance novel, where the plot revolves are two people falling in love, or a mystery with romance (or something along those lines) and a big part of the plot is the &quot;who did it?&quot;. <br /><br />And, of course, there is some similarity between romances because it&#39;s about how and why two people come together. And there are tropes, as well, but I always felt that if the characters were well developed, than the trope isn&#39;t really a big deal.Of course, I&#39;m clearly a romance fan. There is a lot more out there than Fifty Shades of Grey (which isn&#39;t so romance-y in my opinion) and Twilight. <br /><br />And I do think that some of the unrealistic happily ever after is part of the charm, certainly for lovers of romance, but I can also understand that that isn&#39;t everyone&#39;s cup of tea. Either way, I&#39;m glad that sometimes you don&#39;t mind it that much.<br /><br />In general I&#39;m not a fan of science fiction but I do love The Lunar Chronicles.Quinn @ Quinn's Book Nookhttp://quinnsbooknook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-92182861472009061242015-09-30T08:59:09.778-04:002015-09-30T08:59:09.778-04:00I don&#39;t mind romance - AS LONG AS it is not th...I don&#39;t mind romance - AS LONG AS it is not the point of the story, or at least the only thing going on. A contemporary romance bores me to threaten stabbing hot needles in my eyeballs. Historical romance, a little better, but I have to be interested in the time period, and the lady needs to be witty or gritty, if you will. Something different. Paranormal romance doesn&#39;t interest me, but I am okay with it if it is a secondary or even background scenario to what the real issue/plot is of a paranormal/fantasy book. I would never pick up a book just to read about romance. I always have assumed this is because I don&#39;t lack for romance in my personal life. I in no way think that of romance genre lovers, but I do wonder if that is one of the issues for me. Why read about romance when you experience a great relationship daily?Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02706544792110129160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345948308406299194.post-75469441902145188212015-09-30T08:58:14.603-04:002015-09-30T08:58:14.603-04:00I tend to avoid vampire stories like the plague. W...I tend to avoid vampire stories like the plague. When Twilight came out I was in highschool/college, and everyone around me was obsessed with it. Talk about cheesy romance...I somehow managed to escape those years without ever reading them. Just the blurbs and snippets from the movies alone were enough to sustain me for life.<br />So, recently I went against my rule of no vampires, and read A Discovery of Witches. I was pleasantly surprised. This is how books on witches/vampires should be done, and totally geared towards adults.<br /><br />Sarah @ http://www.thecountrybookworm.comThe Country Bookwormhttp://www.thecountrybookworm.comnoreply@blogger.com